Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 313 | |
Title: | HEAD OF APHRODITE | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 313 | |
Description: | Head of Aphrodite with hair parted in middle and gathered into a knot at back of head. A fillet is wound tice around the head. Fair Roman work; a copy of Cnidian Aphrodite by Praxiteles. | |
Mythology: | Aphrodite | |
Material: | Marble. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Much of face lacking: left eye, left cheek, forehead, and part of right cheek preserved. | |
Area: | Lechaion Road | |
Context: | NB10 P25 | |
Findspot Description: | Found in shop "furthest south" on Lechaeon Road. | |
Bibliography: | Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 39; Hesperia 1981, Vol. 50, p. 442 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Lechaion Road Image: bw 0136 Basket: NB10 P25 Notebook Page: NB 10, spread 17 (p. 25) |